Maryland Criminal Law Section 7-113

Article - Criminal Law

§ 7-113.

      (a)      A fiduciary may not:

            (1)      fraudulently and willfully appropriate money or a thing of value that the fiduciary holds in a fiduciary capacity contrary to the requirements of the fiduciary's trust responsibility; or

            (2)      secrete money or a thing of value that the fiduciary holds in a fiduciary capacity with a fraudulent intent to use the money or thing of value contrary to the requirements of the fiduciary's trust responsibility.

      (b)      A person who violates this section is guilty of the misdemeanor of embezzlement and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year and not exceeding 5 years.

      (c)      A person who violates this section is subject to § 5-106(b) of the Courts Article.



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